Hey I know I sound like a broken record, but I'm so sorry this took so long! I'm going to make this short so everyone can read the final chapter, but I hope everyone had a Happy Holidays and are healthy, wealthy, wise, etc (I'm sounding like my dad right now). Also to the reviewers who offered to be a beta, thank you so much, but for this story I'm just going to finish it in the bulky paragraphs (sorry, I'll try and make this chapter a little less bulky!).I'm posting a new story Rory/Jess story very soon, and I promise the format will be much clearer. Anyways, here's the final chapter to the story I hope you guys like it, PLEASE REVIEW!

(Last Time)

"Rory, what the hell is going on here?!", Deans voice booms through the gymnasium.

Rory looks up to see Dean towering over both her and Jess, who had quickly broken apart. She looks over to Jess who is looking back at her with the same shock filled eyes; the room is spinning. Had the past ten minutes actually occurred here in reality, or would she be waking up any minute to the ever annoying sound of her alarm clock. Suddenly, a mental image of herself cursing at her alarm clock for interrupting the best dream she has ever had popped into her head.

"Dean, mom's shoe broke and she had to use a yellow card to go off with Luke to fix it.", Rory spoke in a soft cowardly voice. "Well Taylor explained that just one of the dancers has to be on the dance floor, not dancer and scum bag.", Dean bites directing it at the both of them. "But I couldn't stand on my own without falling over! I'm exhausted, and my mom yelled for you, but you weren't here! Her only choice was Jess cause Luke ran off to the diner to get some glue!", Rory says with a little more confidence this time. "Well excuse me Ro-ry", Dean says sarcastically, "but Clara needed a ride to Ballet, and it never really crossed my mind that my girlfriend could manage to cheat on me in that period of time."

"Cheat!?", Rory shouts, "How is me and Jess dancing cheating?", Rory demands outraged. Dean raises his voice louder than he has all night, "Because it's Jess! It's not some random boy off the street, it's Jess! Because I can see it, I've seen it since the day you introduced me and him! He wants you, you want him. You have some unhealthy connection I've never been able to have with you. Now tell me how you dancing with a guy you have mutual feelings with isn't cheating? Huh Rory? Going to speak up now?!?"

Rory is frozen just staring at this boy she thought loved her. How could he speak to her this way, if he cared for her at all? Tears are welling up in her big blue eyes, and she looks down at her shoes. "Look man, me and Rory weren't doing anything! Her mom begged me to dance with her, Rory had nothing to do with it. You can stop with the concerned, jealous Boy Scout for today, you already earned your badge.", Jess says quickly defending Rory. Rory looks over at Jess, in awe of the way he stood up for her.

"You know what? We're over. I hope you two are very happy together.", Dean yells looking right at Rory. He storms out of the gym, followed by a dumbfounded Shane who must have witnessed the whole fight. Rory looks up at Jess, completely broken inside. He nods his head in the direction of the gym doors, "You can go after him, go ahead.", he says hopelessly. "No, I think I'm good", Rory says surprising both him and herself. She's not sure if she should cry or scream right now; the feeling pulsing hot through her veins makes her want to chase after the bag boy and beat him with a bat. "You can go after Shane though, don't let me stop you", Rory says looking at Jess again. "Naw, I'm good. Never liked her much anyways.", Jess says honestly to her. "Really?", Rory asks, hope replacing that feeling in her stomach. "Yeah", Jess smiles a little "Really". Jess wipes a single tear off of her cheek.

"Rory and town hoodlum, please escort yourselves off the dance floor. You guys ain't got the jazz anymore, so you are OUTTA THERE!", Taylor yells into his megaphone while doing the baseball umpire hand motions of only god knows what. Rory and Jess slip off the dance floor before an even bigger scene is made with a very wasted Taylor. They walk to the commons area where Rory grabs her coat and puts it on. She was already thinking of a way to explain to her mom of how she and Jess had lost the trophy. She turns to see that Jess is waiting on her, her mouth feels like cotton and she doesn't know what to say to him anymore.

"Rory, you know I..."

"Don't. You don't have to say anything. Just promise me you'll read this", Rory says while taking something out of her coat pocket and cramming it into his hands. She runs out of the doors of the school tears already falling. "Why do I always run away?", she thinks to herself.

Jess stands in the place she left him at for a few moments before looking down to see what she had given him. It was an envelope addressed to him, dated back in the summer. The return address was some hotel he had never heard of, but was located in Washington D.C. Jess pushes it down to the bottom of his pocket and begins to walk home; his mind is racing. He enters the diner to see Luke and Lorelai still attempting to mend her broken heel. "Hey Jess! Is the marathon over already?", Luke calls out to his nephew. Not answering his uncle, he runs up the stairs to the apartment and shuts the door behind him. He walks over to his bed and jumps on it eagerly. He pulls the envelope out of his pocket and he opens it slowly. He hesitantly unfolds the contents of the envelope and looks upon what appears to be a letter. He takes a deep breath, and it reads:

June 18th

Dear Jess,

I don't know if you were or weren't expecting a letter from me, but here goes. I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way by not telling you that I was going to Washington. I'm pretty sure I hurt myself even more by running away from you after the kiss at Sookie's wedding. You suddenly appeared by the pond at the Inn, just when I thought I wasn't going to see you again. I don't think words can describe what I felt the first moment I saw you standing there; it was out of a dream or something. When I was standing next to you, all the memories of my visit to see you in New York flooded into my mind. And then the reason for visiting you finally became clear and I kissed you. Everything in the world was finally perfect to me; but it dawned on me the situation and I freaked. I ran away because I was terrified. Terrified that I was falling for you, even harder than I ever had with Dean or anyone for that matter. If I could change anything about that day, it wouldn't have been us never kissing; it would have been me not running away and choosing you. I don't know if you're sorry it happened, but I know one thing for sure; I'm not.

Love,

Rory

Jess Mariano for once in his life could not breath, think, speak, or move. He caught his breath, unable to control his actions, grabs the phone and dials. Ring...Ring...

"Hello?", it was Lorelai who had answered.

"Hi uh, is Rory there?"

"No, I think she is actually out right now. Can I take a message?"

"Oh no thanks, bye.", Jess hangs up in a hurry.

He runs out of the apartment, fueled by the fact that he knows exactly how he feels. He doesn't bother telling Luke that he is going out, and if Luke had said anything to him on the way out, he wouldn't have noticed. He made his way to exactly where he knew she'd be.

It's dark outside, Jess has forgotten if it's A.M, or P.M. The air is cool and crisp, the humidity already creeping upon his skin. The water is rocking lightly against the bridge when he arrives. He sees her sitting at the end of the bridge; still an image of beauty. He takes a few steps onto the rotting wood of the bridge and she turns around. Her face is unreadable from this distance so he begins to approach her. She stands up and whispers his name into the darkness. He finally closes the distance between them and is standing right in front of her. With a smirk he begins,

"So you did write me." It wasn't a question, but she decided to give him an answer.

"Yeah, I did. There are eighteen ones where that came from, if you are interested.", her pulse is pounding in her ears, but she can still hear the unease in her own voice.

"Oh, I'm very interested", Jess says only above a whisper.

"Yeah?", Rory says with smile.

"Yeah", Jess says returning her smile with a genuine one of his own.

He wraps his arms around her and pulls her forcefully against himself. She puts her hands on either side of his face and pulls his lips to hers. They begin to kiss passionately; all the built up feeling in each of their bodies finally having an exit. They come up for air, but Jess quickly pulls her in for a single kiss that contains so much feeling both of them are left completely breathless. Jess rests his forehead against hers; the only sound in this perfect moment is the sound of their ragged breathing. Jess gives her a seductive grin, and Rory's knees grow a little weak.

"What are you smiling at, Dodger?", Rory asks with a mischievous grin of her own.

He answered by pulling her against him once more and pressing his lips roughly against hers.

The end (:

I hope you guys liked it! Please review and let me know what you guys think. Also keep looking out for a new Jess and Rory story, I should have chapter one posted in a couple days! Thank you so much!